Lessons in Belonging from a Church-Going Commitment Phobe Quotes

“The truth is I haven’t always been able to figure out how to take the next step toward belonging. To do so, I am going to have to expose myself in ways that feel needy and, well, gross.”
― Erin S. Lane, Lessons in Belonging from a Church-Going Commitment Phobe

“To “get” to be ourselves means that belonging is both a gift we receive and a pilgrimage we make. To be our authentic selves requires some getting to, some working out, some travelling toward as we discern the “me” we get to be. Learning to belong is lifetime work.”
― Erin S. Lane, Lessons in Belonging from a Church-Going Commitment Phobe

“We often think of artists as living on the edge of culture, the innovators and free thinkers, but...Artists live on the edge not of culture but of heartbreak.”
― Erin S. Lane, Lessons in Belonging from a Church-Going Commitment Phobe

“No one pronoun is going to be suitable for God, because no one name--even 'Father'--can fully grasp who God is....None of us is meant to have only one name. We are made whole by the names we collect.”
― Erin S. Lane, Lessons in Belonging from a Church-Going Commitment Phobe

“Recognizing that God is both friend and stranger helps me hold the paradox that God is both knowable and unknowable. This is the paradoxical mission of the church, to comfort and disrupt, to give rest and rile up, to make us feel known and make us feel small in the wake of what we cannot know.”
― Erin S. Lane, Lessons in Belonging from a Church-Going Commitment Phobe

“boss who assured me at a staff barbecue that he supported “women pastors” but seemed uncomfortable with my insistence that feminism at its best wasn’t just about supporting women in power but relinquishing the power of privilege. When I pointed out that his position as the male senior pastor over a few female”
― Erin S. Lane, Lessons in Belonging from a Church-Going Commitment Phobe

“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten we belong to each other. MOTHER TERESA”
― Erin S. Lane, Lessons in Belonging from a Church-Going Commitment Phobe